Authors
Jimmy McIntosh, Joe Bishop, Róisín Lanigan, Clive Martin, John Banville, The Fence, Patrick Galbraith, Nesrine Malik, Hussein Kesvani, Geoff Dyer, Rosie Hewitson, Ed Cumming, Fiona Mozley, Harvey James, Robbie Armstrong, Louis Elton, Eve Webster
Illustration
David Doran
ISBN
978-04-93246-30-0
From this Issue
Jimmy McIntosh
Looking for Bagley’s
Our pints correspondent went for a night out in King’s Cross.
8 December 2023
Joe Bishop
Weeaboo Wonderland
A trip to a maid café in Bloomsbury.
18 December 2023
Róisín Lanigan
The Chic Young Divorcée
Making a swift 180 down the aisle.
19 December 2023
Clive Martin
When One Grows Tired of Cyberdog
Hanging out with some punks.
23 December 2023
John Banville
Coming of Age
The unforgettable feeling of first love.
23 December 2023
The Fence
146 Questions with… Dolly Alderton
Vogue may have their 73 Questions, and that's all very well and good – but we have twice as many questions, and ours are better.
23 December 2023
Patrick Galbraith
Along the Borders
One student has the memory of his most beloved teacher dragged into sharp relief by unsavoury revelations that ended their career and life.
10 January 2024
Nesrine Malik
Elder States, Man
To spend your life online is to live at one remove from reality – stand back too far, and you might find the years speeding by before your eyes.
19 January 2024
Hussein Kesvani
Dog Day Afternoon
The terrains of our teenage years can be strewn with all sorts; for one Kentish boy, it was dildos, condom wrappers and tyre tracks, courtesy of the local dogging community.
22 January 2024
Geoff Dyer
Failure to Turn
The majordomo of literary non-fiction meditates upon his mortality, his ear hair, and his complicated feelings toward the oeuvre of Luca Guadagnino.
26 January 2024
Rosie Hewitson
You’re the One, Ellie Roebuck
Ever slide-tackled an ex? We take a look at the the scintillating dyke drama undergirding the entirety of women’s football.
29 January 2024
Ed Cumming
Lunch for The Fence
How often do you have to file in order to be called a regular columnist? As this story proved, the answer is 'two years', as our free lunch editor returns for his second bite at the cadging cherry.
6 February 2024
The Fence
Seven Ages of Cool
What defines the amorphous idea of ‘coolness’ in each age of life? If you are cool too early in life, can you recapture that golden era? What is the optimum age to be considered the apex of cool? We reveal all this and more.
7 February 2024
Fiona Mozley
Ghost ‘n’ the Machine
When you open up the spirit realm, you can't control who wanders in. Sometimes – just sometimes – the ghost of Oscar Wilde will give you career advice.
8 February 2024
Harvey James
The WeHo Siege
What's it like to live among the beautiful people?
12 February 2024
Robbie Armstrong
Catman Scoop
Few local legends tip so deeply into folk horror like the Catman of Greenock; as we uncover, the matters behind the myth are far more engrossing than any blurry snatch of video.
26 February 2024
Louis Elton
The Based Evil Turbulence Index
We present to you without hesitation or deviation: the world’s first vibes-based personality taxonomy system. I know, finally.
6 March 2024
Eve Webster
Kaiser Wilhelm’s Folly
Much like the flailing German Empire, don't we all want to find our own place in the sun? Not by reconquering Constantinople, but by going on Channel 4.
13 March 2024
The Fence
The Fence Saves The West End
How do you solve a problem like a theatre scene in terminal decline? We have twenty solutions, none of which break copyright or libel laws.
22 March 2024